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Poverty Status	All income levels	Below poverty level	Percent below poverty level

Families	4,531	493	10.9%
With related children under 18 years	1,816	285	15.7%
With related children under 5 years	675	172	25.5%
Householder worked in 1999	3,380	260	7.7%
Full-time, year-round	2,151	74	3.4%
Householder 65 years and over	1,006	95	9.4%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	311	90	28.9%
Social Security income in 1999	1,298	129	9.9%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	5,210	(X)	(X)

Married-couple families	3,732	307	8.2%
With related children under 18 years	1,401	160	11.4%
With related children under 5 years	496	102	20.6%
Householder worked in 1999	2,855	176	6.2%
Full-time, year-round	1,872	63	3.4%
Householder 65 years and over	813	57	7.0%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	194	37	19.1%
Social Security income in 1999	1,061	73	6.9%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	5,221	(X)	(X)

Families with female householder, no husband present	596	138	23.2%
With related children under 18 years	285	84	29.5%
With related children under 5 years	115	49	42.6%
Householder worked in 1999	364	53	14.6%
Full-time, year-round	202	9	4.5%
Householder 65 years and over	154	31	20.1%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	87	48	55.2%
Social Security income in 1999	209	56	26.8%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	4,604	(X)	(X)

Nonfamily householder	1,990	621	31.2%
Below 150 percent of poverty level	961	(X)	(X)

Families below:
150 percent of poverty level	992	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	1,321	(X)	(X)
With related children under 18 years	774	(X)	(X)
With related children under 5 years	395	(X)	(X)

Date: October 2, 2002
[Data based on a sample]
(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 200 Summary File 3, Matrices, P90, P91, P92, P93, PCT59, PCT60, and PCT61.